beemd

beemd

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beemt. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːmt/
• Hyphenation: beemd
• Rhymes: -eːmt

Noun

beemd m (plural beemden, diminutive beemdje n)

1. low-lying pasture near water, e.g. a flood plain or a grassy polder
   • 1974, Thijs van Leer & Jan Akkerman, "Hamburger Concerto", Focus, Hamburger Concerto, quoting Vondel, "O, Kerstnacht schoner dan de dagen".

     Hij tracht d' onnozelen te vernielen / Door het doden van onnozele zielen / En wekt een stad en landgeschrei / In Bethlehem en op den akker / En maakt den geest van Rachel wakker / Die waren gaat door beemd en wei

     He tried to exterminate the innocent / by killing innocent souls / and rouses weeping in town and country / in Bethlehem and on the field / and awakens the ghost of Rachel / who begins to haunt through moor and pasture

Hypernyms

• grasland
• laagland
• weiland

Derived terms

• Beemster